Evil reigned at night four of NJPW’s G1 Climax tournament.
In preparation for his match with Eddie Kingston, Evil came to the ring with Dick Togo. Eddie though brought a kendo stick with him.
“Eddie Kingston is no fool,” said Kevin Kelly.
The official waves Eddie and his kendo stick off as he enters the ring. Evil high-tails it to the floor complaining to the official. Evil clobbers Kingston from behind as he argues with the referee.
Evil heads to the ropes. Eddie catches him with a knee to the gut. Eddie lays in chop after chop. Dick Togo trips Eddie from the floor while Evil has the official distracted.
Evil whips Kingston into the ringside barricade on the floor. Evil rips down the other barricades in his way. Fans flee as Evil hurls Kingston into rows of seats. Evil takes no mind of the official. He takes a fan’s umbrella and chokes Eddie out with it. Evil heads back to the ring careful to lock the security barricade door behind him leaving Eddie to beat the official’s count. Evil worked over Eddie’s back as the match returned to the actual ring.
Eddie reverses Evil’s suplex into one of his own. Eddie backs Evil into a corner lighting him with with some machine gun chops to the chest. Togo climbs on the apron. Eddie sends him back down to the floor with an elbow smash to the face. Evil low-bridges Eddie over the ropes and to the floor. He smashes him into the ringside barricade and the time-keeper’s desk as Evil is known to do.
Eddie climbs up on the apron to beat the count but Dick Togo grabs his leg. Kingston kicks Togo away just in time to make the 20 count. Evil shoves Eddie into the official knocking him down. Eddie wallops Evil with a stiff clothesline off the ropes. Togo enters the fray choking out Eddie with his garrote. Eddie escapes with a mule kick to Togo’s “lower abdomen”. Evil swings Eddies kendo stick. He ducks. Evil hits Togo upside the head.
Eddie punches Evil to gain possession of the kendo stick. Eddie goes back and forth blasting them both. Eddie hits Evil so hard across the back the stick breaks. With the official recovered Eddie scores a two count with a Saito Suplex. Evil kicks Eddie in the gut and uses the official to deliver a Magic Killer to Eddie wiping everyone out. Eddie latches on the stretch muffler. Evil once again grabs the official. Togo sneaks into the ring whacking Eddie over the head with the kendo stick. Eddie no-sells the shot.
“You motherf—-r!” growls Kingston at Togo.
Evil punches Eddie in the “lower abdomen” pinning him with Everything is Evil.
G1 Climax 33 – Standings
Block A
Block B
Block C
Block D
G1 Climax 33 – Night Four Results
Toru Yano vs Zack Sabre Jr. – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Kosei Fujita arrives on the scene confusing Yano and everyone in the arena. Yano leaves the ring, dresses Young Lion Yuto Nakashima in his robe rolling him in the ring. Yano heads to the exit. Zack attacks Yano from behind with a sleeper hold. As an added precaution Fujita tapes all the turnbuckles down so Yano cannot tear them off. Yano atomic drops Sabre on the rampway then ties his ankles together with tape. Sabre has to hop and crawl his way back to the ring. He beats the official’s count. As Yano desperately rips at the secured turnbuckles Sabre unties himself. Yano gives up on the buckles and rolls up Sabre. Sabre reverses things rolling Yano up instead.
Winner: Zack Sabre Jr.
Mikey Nicholls vs David Finlay – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
A hard-hitting battle ends with Finlay pinning Nicholls with Oblivion.
Winner: David Finlay
Alex Coughlin vs Jeff Cobb – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
A running shoulder tackle has Coughlin throwing a temper tantrum on the floor. He storms around the ring grabbing his Strong Openweight Tag Team Title belt. The official stops him from bringing it into the ring. Coughlin picks up the official off his feet throwing him in Cobb. Cobb catches him and puts him down rather gently. Coughlin hurls a Young Lion into Cobb. Coughlin eventually falls to Tour of the Islands.
Winner: Jeff Cobb
Eddie Kingston vs Evil – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Winner: Evil
Shane Haste vs Hiroshi Tanahashi – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Tanahashi pins Haste with Aces High and a High Fly Flow.
Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Henare vs Shingo Takagi – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
With less than 30 seconds left in the match Henare pins Takagi with Streets of Rage.
Winner: Henare
Hirooki Goto vs Tetsuya Naito – G1 CLIMAX 33 D BLOCK TOURNAMENT
Naito puts Goto away with Destino.
Winner: Tetsuya Naito
Tomohiro Ishii vs Tama Tonga – G1 CLIMAX 33 C BLOCK TOURNAMENT
T0nga wins with a Jay Driller.
Winner: Tama Tonga
